Part 1: The Eroica Symphony Notes by Fred Haight Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”: 1st mvt (Furtwängler) Beethoven lived in a time of great hope and optimism. The world was changing, and the future looked bright. The poet Friedrich Schiller, expressed this in “The Artists”: “How beautifully, O man, with your […]
Beethoven Piano Sonata “Pathetique” in C minor Notes by Fred Haight Beethoven’s Pathetique Sonata, in 3-PARTS (the second of the C-Minor Series) Part One: Why is this work called “Pathetic”? Beethoven’s electrifying Piano Sonata #8 in C minor, op.13, known as the “Pathetique”, was composed in 1798, when he was 28 years of age. It […]
December 16, 2020 marks the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven. As part of the international celebrations this year and next year, in honor of Beethoven, the Schiller Institute is happy to inaugurate a new feature on our website. We will regularly post selections of Beethoven’s music with short discussions of the pieces. Friedrich Schiller’s beautiful […]
To offer solutions through a new global health initiative. By Helga Zepp-LaRouche, The Schiller Institute, Founder and Chair (To add your name to endorse the Committee for the Coincidence of Opposites click here.) The combination of crises we are now facing has reached such unprecedented proportions that it seems to exceed the psychological limits of […]
Eine Gruppe von vierzig Personen, darunter Mediziner, Landwirte, Musiker, Wissenschaftler, Pädagogen, Geistliche, Bürgerrechtler, Gemeindeaktivisten und besorgte Bürger, traf sich am 23. Oktober 2020 zu einem Runden Tisch und reagierte damit auf den Aufruf der Vorsitzenden des Schiller-Instituts, Helga Zepp-LaRouche, das Komitee Coincidentia Oppositorum (Zusammenfall der Gegensätze) zu bilden, um sich mit der COVID-Pandemie zu befassen, […]
A group of forty individuals, including medical professionals, farmers, musicians, scientists, educators, clergy, civil rights leaders, community activists and concerned citizens, held a round table discussion on October 23rd, 2020, in response to the call issued by Schiller Institute chairwoman Helga Zepp-LaRouche to form The Committee for the Coincidence of Opposites to address the COVID pandemic, […]
Von Helga Zepp-LaRouche, Gründerin und Präsidentin des Schiller-Instituts Wir erleben derzeit eine so beispiellose Kombination von Krisen, daß es die psychologische Grenze des Erträglichen zu übersteigen scheint. Gesundheitsexperten in der ganzen Welt warnen, daß es noch weitere neun Monate dauern kann, bis alle Nationen mit einem – noch nicht einmal garantiert zur Verfügung stehenden – […]
In an article draft for the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden, Hussein Askary of Executive Intelligence Review (EIR) reported that he has confirmed with senior officials of the Egyptian Ministry of Transportation, that the building of an East-West high-speed railroad across Egypt has been contracted. This will be only the second electrified, high-speed railroad […]
(June 3, 2020) Schiller Institute Founder Helga Zepp-LaRouche commented on the situation in the USA, saying that the overall situation, with COVID 19, the famine pandemic, and the strategic tensions, on top of the instability in the streets, the solution requires the unique and different approach of the Schiller Institute. With 50 million people unemployed […]
Der bevorstehende Start des bemannten NASA/SpaceX-Fluges zur Internationalen Raumstation (ISS) hat wieder Optimismus in die Alltagsatmosphäre der USA zurückgebracht – nicht nur die Vision der Raumfahrt, sondern auch die Freude an Wissenschaft und Technik. Die heutige (27. Mai) Verschiebung des Starts in letzter Minute war nur auf das Wetter zurückzuführen, nicht auf eine Fehlfunktion oder […]